European Union Member-State Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card

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Lodging an application for an EU Member-State Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card

An application for an EU Member-State Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card must be lodged in person either with an Embassy or with the Ministry of the Interior Department of Asylum and Migration Policy, as the foreign national chooses. If the foreign national intends to lodge his/her application with the Ministry of the Interior Department of Asylum and Migration Policy, he is required to do so while he/she is still entitled to stay temporarily in the territory of the Czech Republic [in the situation in hand, the foreign national will most often be entitled under Section 18(d)(5) of Act No. 326/1999 Coll., i.e. during the validity of a residence permit issued by a different EU member state, or under Section 18(a), i.e. under visa-free stay, a maximum of 90 days from the date of entry by the foreign national into the territory of the Czech Republic].

If the foreign national or commercial corporation within which or to which the foreign national is to be transferred is participating in a government-approved programme and if expressly allowed according to the conditions of such government-approved programme, the commercial corporation to which the foreign national is to be transferred may lodge an application on behalf of the foreign national with the Ministry of the Interior Department of Asylum and Migration Policy on the strength of power of attorney.

An application for the intra-company employee transfer card may be lodged using the "Application for Long-Term Residence" form.

Please present the following to support your application for an EU Member-State Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card:

• a valid travel document,

• 1 photograph corresponding to the current appearance of the foreign national,

• proof of arranged accommodation in the territory of the Czech Republic,

• the transferred employee’s residence permit issued by a different EU member state,

• transfer letter containing

  • confirmation by the commercial corporation based outside the territory of EU member states stating that the foreign national will be transferred intra-company to perform work in a commercial corporation or subsidiary based in the territory of the Czech Republic in the position of manager, specialist or employed intern, with specification of the duration of the intra-company transfer and the place of employment in the territory of the Czech Republic,

  • specification of terms and conditions of employment as to the length of working hours, length of holiday per calendar year and rate of salary or wage; these terms and conditions must be no worse than those stipulated in the Labour Code, which also applies to conditions concerning health and safety in the workplace, the working conditions of pregnant women and women shortly after giving birth, equal treatment of men and women and other provisions concerning non-discrimination, and

  • confirmation that, at the end of the duration of intra-company transfer, the foreign national will be transferred back to the commercial corporation based outside the territory of EU member states,

• a document demonstrating manner in which the entities between which the foreign national is to be transferred are related, i.e. one of the following documents:

  • a document proving that the subsidiary to which the foreign national is to be transferred is a subsidiary of the commercial corporation within which the foreign national is being transferred, or

  • a document proving that the commercial corporation within which the foreign national is being transferred are a controlling and controlled entity in relation to each other, or that these two commercial corporations are controlled by the same controlling entity,

• a document proving the required level of professional qualification, if required by special legislation,

• a document proving satisfaction of the conditions for performing a regulated profession, if such profession is concerned,

• upon request, a document similar to an extract from the records of the Penal Register,

• upon request, a document confirming satisfaction of the requirements of measures for preventing the introduction of infectious disease.
   

All supporting documents must be presented either in the original, or as an officially certified copy. The original of the following is always required: your travel document and your intra-company employee transfer residence permit issued by a different EU member state. All submitted documents must be presented in their original version with an officially certified copy into the Czech language. Supporting documents must be no more than 180 days old, with the exception of the travel document and the foreign national’s photograph, if it corresponds to his/her real appearance.

If the foreign national or commercial corporation to which the foreign national has been transferred is participating in a government-approved programme the conditions of which allow certain supporting documents of the application to be substituted, the following items supporting the application may be substituted by a confirmation issued by such commercial corporation:

• proof of arranged accommodation in the territory of the Czech Republic,

• transfer letter,

• a document proving that the entities between which the foreign national is being intra-company transferred are related entities,

• a document proving that the foreign national holds the required professional qualification, if required by special legislation,

• a document proving satisfaction of the conditions for performing a regulated profession, if such profession is concerned.

Department for Asylum and Migration Policy, August 15th, 2017

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